Soaring spires Saint Vitus' Cathedral Prague

One of the most memorable dates in Prague's history is the 21st November 1344. It was the day when the Czech king John of Luxemburg accompanied by his sons, Charles and Henry, and by Prague’s first Archbishop, laid the foundation stone of the future Gothic cathedral of St. Vitus (Katedrála sv Vita) at the Prague Castle (Pražský Hradèany). The structure, now dark with age and solemnity, was meant to become not only the church of the Castle but also the spiritual centre of the whole country.
The Gothic Cathedral is a major architectural monument of the Bohemian school, and probably the most important of all European buildings of this period. It had tremendous influence on the development of the Late Gothic style, characteristic for Central Europe and the English Gothic.
Although its soaring spires are visible from all over Prague, Saint Vitus' Cathedral (Chrám sv. Víta) is by far not Europe's biggest church; its towers aren't nearly as high as e.g. the Cologne Cathedral's. For a strange reason, though, St. Vitus makes me feel very small, something I haven't yet experienced when standing in front of the Cologne Cathedral. St. Vitus in Prague is without doubt one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe.

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Gothic Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague

It's said that it takes a lot of faith to plant a tree - especially something like an oak that takes hundreds of years to fully mature. The planter knows that he or she will not be around to enjoy the beauty and shade of the fully grown tree. But yet it is essential to plant those seeds for future generations. It's the same with the great cathedrals of the world. These soaring structures were not built overnight. In fact, the building of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague (Chrám sv. Víta) has been going on for something like a 1000 years. Of all of the artisans that dedicated their lives to the work of raising the cathedral over the centuries not many had any hopes of seeing the finished project. What drove them to continue anyway? Faith? Wages? The threat of excommunication? St. Vitus Cathedral was not finished until 1929 - 1000 years after the death of St. Wenceslas, the man who first chose this site overlooking the Vltava river as the perfect place to build a grand church.

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Good ol' Snoopy

Please contact me if you want to purchase a print Beagle puppies are among the cutest critters on God's earth. Their cuteness has made them favorites of the pet store trade. A healthy, well-adjusted, loving beagle is a winner in anyone's home. However, only puppy mills have what you want, when you want it, all the time. Don't buy from a puppy mill!!!

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Beagle - A hound's hound

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The Last Judgment - St Vitus Cathedral Prague

In 1370 Charles IV, King of Bohemia and The Holy Roman Emperor in Prague, ordered the creation of an unusual work of art on the exterior of St. Vitus cathedral's south potal. The entrance, which faced the emperor's residence and served as the entry point for coronation processions, was to have over its three portals a glass mosaic depicting the Last Judgment. Thirty-one shades of colored glass, plus gilded tesserae, can be found in the approximately one million glass pieces that compose the mosaic. Originally, the entire background of the mosaic was gilded, hence the name of the southern portal of the cathedral - The Golden Gate. Who the mosaicists was who created 'The Last Judgment' is one of the lingering mysteries of this masterpiece. The mosaic encompasses 84 square meters (904 square feet) and depicts the Last Judgment in triptych form. Christ, in the center of the mosaic, is encircled by a mandorla (an almond-shaped aura of divinity) surrounded by angels. Kneeling beneath this image are the saints of Bohemia and, below them, Emperor Charles IV and his fourth wife, Elizabeth of Pomerania. The panel to the left depicts heaven, while the right panel depicts hell. When Charles IV died in 1378, St. Vitus Cathedral had been under construction for 34 years. But despite three and a half decades of work, the cathedral was centuries from completion. War, internal strife, and other problems interrupted the building's progress, and it was not until 1929, exactly a thousand years after the death of St. Wenceslas, that the cathedral was finally finished. By then, The Last Judgment mosaic had passed from sight numerous times, only to be resurrected by new generations seeking to recover and preserve Prague's medieval masterpiece. Restored to its former glory in 2000 by the Getty Conservation Institute, the glass mosaic's colors are once again shimmering brilliantly in the sun. Its art history value, historical significance and scale of technical execution is outstanding.

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Pentecost window - St. Vitus Cathedral Prague

The chapel of St Ludmila in Prague's St Vitus Cathedral features the beautiful stained glass Pentecost window by Max Švabinský. The Art Nouveau window depicts the event of the Holy Spirit coming down to the believers at Whitsunday. The man in the window's right bottom corner is holding a large pretzel. This pretzel is not mentioned in the biblical description of the Pentecost; perhaps the pretzel was there and is just not mentioned, or the stained glass window was paid for/commissioned by a baker. Who knows ?!

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Art Nouveau Stained glass windows SS Vitus Cathedral Prague

Often described as 'illuminated wall decorations', the purpose of stained glass is not to allow those within a building to see outside or even to admit light, but rather to control it. St Vitus Cathedral in Prague is home to some of the most stunning examples of this art form. The intense color of the massive windows, most of them created in the 20th century by Czech artists, floods the interior of the cathedral throwing color into every nook and cranny of the intricate French Gothic structure. Here is a segment of one of St Vitus Cathedral's Art Nouveau north wall windows. Is it beautiful? Yes, it definitely is. But to be honest, I like the olders windows better. They don�t compete with the architecture; they harmonize with it. The geometric organization and canopy motifs in the older windows echo the gothic architectural style, and their color beautifully balances the neutral colored stone of the walls. The 20th century windows strike me as too self-aware; too distinct. Their swaths of color are too intense and too large.

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Cathedral of SS Vitus - Prague Castle Hradcany - Prague

The Cathedral of Saint Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert (Katedrála sv. Víta, Václava a Vojtìcha), commonly known as Saint Vitus Cathedral (Svatovítská katedrála), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Prague. While the enormous complex of Prague Castle includes many interesting buildings, the cathedral is the one that dominates the city skyline and is visible from far and wide. The exterior of Saint Vitus Cathedral captivates us by the richness of its Gothic buttressing and decoration. Externally the Cathedral is meant to be reminiscent of the "City" of God. That's why we can see "little towers" (pinnacles), suggestions of house gables, "passageways", staircases and balustrades everywhere - a veritable stone forest of flying buttresses, pillars and pinnacles making the structure of the Cathedral most unique.

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Crucified Christ - Saint Vitus Cathedral Prague Castle

The pediment carved with a relief scene of Christ's Crucifixion over the door of St. Vitus Cathedral's main entrance on its west-facing side is one of the many significant features of the exterior of Prague's Castle Hradèany. At first glance the western façade of St Vitus Cathedral (Katedrála svatého Víta), which looms above the entrance to the Third Courtyard of the castle, appears impressively Gothic, but in fact the triple doorway dates only from 1953. It was one of the last parts of the church to be completed. However, the original medieval plans were used, so its relatively young age is not obvious.

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Play of light and shadow - Saint Vitus' Cathedral Prague Castle

Saint Vitus' Cathedral (Czech: Katedrála svatého Víta), a Roman Catholic cathedral located within the Prague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad), is an excellent example of Gothic architecture and the biggest and most important church in the Czech Republic. The full name of the cathedral is St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral. The current cathedral is the third of a series of religious buildings at the site. The first church was an early Romanesque rotunda founded by Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia in 925. In 1060 a much larger and more representative Romanesque basilica in the style of the Holy Roman Empire was built in its spot. It was a triple-aisled basilica with two choirs and a pair of towers. The present day Gothic Cathedral was founded on 21st of November, 1344, when the Prague bishopric was raised to an archbishopric. Work on the cathedral, proceeded rather slowly. By the time of St Wenceslas jubilee in 1929, the St Vitus cathedral was finally finished, 600 years after it was begun.

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Love each other and wish the truth to everyone - Jan Hus Prague

Right in the middle of Prague's Old Town Square stands the religious reformer Jan Hus (John Huss) - 1372 - 1415. Surrounded by warriors for his cause, he stands confidently tall in a sculpture erected to mark the 500th anniversary of his death in 1415. Hus is one of the most important personalities in Czech history, and his monument is a symbol of the Czech resistance against any oppressor. July 6th is observed as a national holiday in the Czech Republic as "Jan Hus Day."

Master Jan Hus, the dean of the Charles University in Prague, publicly condemned the indulgence and corruption of the catholic church and the Vatican. In 1410, when the popularity of Hus gained strength, the pope excommunicated him for his ideas, but Jan continued preaching. He had many followers in Prague, that's why the pope finally interdicted the whole city of Prague in 1414, and invited Hus to the Council in Constance where he was asked to renounce his ideas. Hus refused, and - despite a letter of safe conduct from the emperor - was imprisoned and sentenced to death by a Catholic tribunal. On July 6th 1415, he was burned alive at the stake for heretical crimes against the church, for fighting against Vatican rules and his reformist ideas. At his death he predicted the coming of a great religious reformer in 100 years ... 102 years later, Martin Luther was born.

People in all of the Czech Kingdom were outraged by Jan's death and considered it an attack on their nation. They destroyed monasteries and churches and started a rebellion called the 'Hussite Wars' - a Protestant movement against the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Martin V called on the catholics in other countries to wage war against the Hussites, starting a long fight and brutal between protestant Hussites and catholic crusaders. The Hussites, determined fighters and willing to die for their cause, defeated them all. The Hussite rebellion ended because the Hussite movement splintered into several groups. The church just sat back and watched the rebels kill each other. Although it ultimately failed, the Hussite movement is of permanent historical significance. It was the first substantial attack upon the two bulwarks of medieval society, feudalism and the Roman Catholic Church.

Throughout history the people of Bohemia were constantly under oppressive regimes. Jan Hus became their symbol of dissidence and their symbol of strength against oppression. His opposition to church control by the Vatican gave strength to those who opposed control of Czech lands by the Habsburgs in the 19th century, and Hus became a symbol of anti-Habsburg rule. On July 6th 1915, the 500th anniversary of Jan Hus's death, the Jan Hus monument was unofficially revealed. At this time Prague was under Austrian rule. The Habsburgs refused to officially inaugurate the monument, and all festive activities were forbidden. As an act of protest the locals covered the Art Nouveau-style monument with flowers. During World War I, the memorial became a symbol of anti-Russian rule. And a couple of decades later when Czechoslovakia was under Communist rule, sitting at the feet of the Jan Hus memorial became the people's way of quietly expressing their opinion and opposition against the Communist rule.

The inscriptions on the Jan Hus Monument were added after the independent republic Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918. One reads: "Love each other and wish the truth to everyone" (Jan Hus's words). I recommend a moment of reflection at this impressive statuary.

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Prague Obecni dum - Municipal House

One of the best aspects of Prague is the mix of monuments and buildings from different times. One hundred years have passed since January 5, 1912 when the most stunning Prague Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) building, the Municipal House (Czech: Obecní dùm) was opened to public for the first time. Despite its dull-sounding name it is Prague's most prominent Art Nouveau building, an important building in the architectural and political history of the Czech Republic. The most significant Czech painters and sculptors of the time participated in the decoration of this exquisite confection of Art Nouveau design. On 28 October 1918, the Czechoslovakian Republic was proclaimed here, and in November 1989 the first key negotiation meetings between the Communist regime party and the Obcanske forum party, led by Vaclav Havel, took place in Prague's Municipal House salons. Above the main entrance is a huge mosaic - "Homage to Prague" by Karel Spillar. Inside the building is the Smetana Hall – the biggest concert hall in Prague with a superior acoustic -, a number of smaller halls, conference rooms and offices, and cafes and restaurants to relax and enjoy the rich inner decoration. Immerse yourself in the glamour of past times! The unique atmosphere of the golden age of Art Nouveau is quite an experience.

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